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Senate Advances Unemployment Benefits Extension

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for u... FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File) MORE LESS
By Catherine Thompson
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January 7, 2014 11:12 a.m.
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The Senate voted 60-37 Tuesday to invoke cloture on Sen. Jack Reed’s (D-RI) and Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits for three months. The bill needed 60 votes to advance.

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Catherine Thompson (@kt_thomps)  Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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